BIOS: William H. SUTER, Stoyestown, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 372/3

William H. SUTER.

William H. Suter, of Stoyestown Station, is a son of Anthonsia Suter, a native 
of Germany, who came to this country at the age of fifteen years and engaged in 
farming.  He married Margaret Snyder, and their children were: Mary, wife of 
Samuel Spangler; William H., of whom later; John, deceased; Ellen, wife of David 
Limmerman; Frank married Rachel Crissey; and Lewis married Jerusha A. Colter. 
William H. Suter, son of Anthonsia and Margaret (Snyder) Suter, was born April 
5, 1844, in Shade township, and received his education in the common schools of 
his native county, which he attended until reaching the age of fifteen, when he 
engaged in farming.  In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-
second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, for a term of three years, and 
participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the 
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Talopotomy, Bethesda Church, Cold 
Harbor, Hutchins' Run, Dodney Mills, Boydton Roads, and Five Forks.  He was 
confined three months in Libby prison.  During the last four years he has 
conducted a general store at Stoyestown Station. 
Mr. Suter married, in 1868, Julia, born in 1844, in Jenner township, daughter of 
Frederick and Anna (Betts) Beasecker, and they were the parents of two sons, 
both of whom are deceased; Frederick F. and Calvin C.  Mrs. Suter died in 1899 
and is buried in Stoyestown.  Mr. Suter married (second) Mrs. Phoebe Moon, 
daughter of Chauncey and Catharine (Nicholson) Dwire.  The former was born in 
Somerset county and was a farmer.  He and his wife were the parents of the 
following children: Phoebe, wife of William H. Suter; Silas married Dora 
Nicholson; Newton B. married Maud Friend; and Mary C., wife of John S. Mort.